17 January, 2007 |

In 2007 the number of the international tourists will grow on 4%, and by 2020 their quantity will increase up to 1, 5 billion in comparison with 800 million in 2006!

Due to the forecasts of the The World organization of tourism resulted by the news center of the United Nations Organization (UNO) in 2007 the number of the international tourists will grow on 4 percents.
As it was mentioned before, The General Secretary of the World organization of tourism has made the offer to include tourism into the agenda of the international development as the key tool for the achievement of the UNO’s Purposes of Development.
As it has been marked, 2007 will become a major landmark on the way of transforming tourism into the effective tool of struggle against poverty and achievements of stable development.
In 2006 traveling abroad has made almost 800 million people.
In comparison, in 1950 the number of international tourists was about 20 million persons. It is expected, that by 2020 this number will grow up to 1, 5 billion a year.
It is interesting, that the profit on the international tourism has grown for 5 times within the last three decades. Every year tourists spend 682 billion dollars for trips and the charges connected with traveling.
 

• The number of cruises to Cuba has sharply reduced
• Five-star hotels of Nepal are to become more expensive
• In 2008 China will become the third tourist popular country in the world
• Russian tourists have found new vacation spot

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